Список проголосовавших за комментарий " Midday Market Summary: Major Averages Hover Near All-Time Highs at Midday<p>Equity indices have pushed through the cautious tone that has defined this week thus far to hit new record highs in the first half of Thursday's session. The S&P 500, the Nasdaq, and the Dow all hold a gain of 0.6% while the small-cap Russell 2000 index (+1.5%) outperforms.</p><p>The most notable factor driving the market higher today has been President Trump's announcement that he will release a major tax announcement in the next few weeks. However, it is important to note that a snowstorm on the East Coast has kept some participants away from their trading desks today, which makes it easier for the market to be pushed around.</p><p>The financial sector (+1.3%), which paced the post-election rally on promises of deregulation and tax reform, has provided solid sector leadership today following Mr. Trump's announcement. The space has also been aided by a steepening yield curve as short-term Treasuries have been able to resist selling pressure better than their longer-dated peers. The benchmark 10-yr yield is six basis points higher at 2.38% while the 2-yr yield is up only one basis point at 1.15%.</p><p>Energy (+0.8%) and industrials (+0.9%) have also outperformed the benchmark index, while the top-weighted technology sector (+0.3%) lags. The space's gains have been capped by a lackluster performance from <strong>Apple</strong> (AAPL 131.82, +0.35) and a bearish sentiment among chipmakers. The PHLX Semiconductor Index is lower by 0.3%.</p><p>Consumer staples (+0.2%) neighbor the technology sector following mixed earnings results from its components this morning. <strong>Coca-Cola</strong> (KO 41.02, -1.01) has slipped 2.4% after the company's disappointing guidance overshadowed above-consensus revenues. Meanwhile, <strong>CVS Health</strong> (CVS 76.60, -0.45) also trades lower, losing 0.6% after worse than expected revenues outweighed better than expected earnings. On the upside, <strong>Kellogg</strong> (K 76.50, +2.98) trades 4.1% higher after reporting above-consensus earnings per share.</p><p>The lightly-weighted utilities (-0.8%) and materials (unch) sectors are the only spaces trading in the red. <strong>Sealed Air</strong> (SEE 45.73, -4.47) has had its hand in pushing the materials space lower, plunging 8.9% in reaction to the company's disappointing guidance and lower than expected revenues.</p><p>Today's economic data included Initial Claims and December Wholesale Inventories:</p><ul><li>The latest weekly initial jobless claims count totaled 234,000 while the Briefing.com consensus expected a reading of 250,000. Today's tally was below the unrevised prior week count of 246,000. As for continuing claims, they rose to 2.078 million from the revised count of 2.063 million (from 2.064 million).<ul><li>The key takeaway from the report is that employers appear reluctant to trim their payrolls, which is a reflection of the tightness in the labor market and the difficulty in finding new employees with the right skill set.</li></ul></li><li>December Wholesale Inventories increased 1.0%, which was in line with the Briefing.com consensus. The prior month's reading was left unrevised at 1.0%.<ul><li>December marked the second straight month that wholesale inventories increased 1.0%, helping to explain the positive contribution the change in inventories made to Q4 GDP growth.</li></ul></li></ul><p>Investors will not receive any more economic data on Thursday.</p>"